Feature Lot. Lot 403 - 1897, Queen Victoria, ½c-$5, complete set of 16 large die proofs, printed on India paper and mounted on sunken cards, approximate proof sizes 65x62mm, card sizes 220x150mm, perfect quality unit, no gum as produced, NH, VF, one of only a handful in existence, Walsh NSSC 36dp1-51dp1, C.v. from US$2,000 to $2,500 ($3), complete unit is obviously priced higher, Est. $20,000-$25,000.... Currently US$ 15,000 (Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)

Raritan Stamps, Inc. - Live Bidding Auction #101 - August 21 - 22, 2024.
Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, Philatelic Rarities of the World.

Please note that the Sale will not be supported by video nor audio.

The Auction contains 1157 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World. This Sale represents the property of 24 owners.

The Sale offers:

• 200 lots of Worldwide Air Post stamps and covers, including Pioneer, Zeppelin Flight, and Rocket Flight items;
• United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforate varieties and color errors;
• Nice selection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth, with:
  • Rare valuable items of British North America and Canada, including Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee complete set of 16 large die proofs,
  • Beautiful range of Kings George V, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II definitive sets and "key" singles of different colonies,
  • Valuable items from Hong Kong, Malayan States, Rhodesia and St. Helena;
• Strong Austria and Bosnia material, including modern Austrian imperforate issues;
• Chinese material of all periods, including People's Republic part with Culture Revolution Directives of Chairman Mao in unfolded three-side margin block of four horizontal strips of five stamps;
• The Second Part of Czechoslovakia Collection represents powerful Semi-Postal section with "Posta Ceskoslovenska" overprints, Postage Due and Newspaper stamps single and large lots;
• France and Territories, including strong France and French Colonies Collections in Scott Specialty Albums;
• Outstanding Italian area material with valuable Colonial items, many in multiples, notable Libyan color errors and perforation rarities of the Roman Legionary and Ancient Galley stamps;
• Valuable Eastern European countries single lots and collections, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania;
• Several single lots and collections from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Baltic States with rarities and positional pieces
• Great single lots from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with rare stamps, positional pieces and collections;
• Russian Area includes nice Imperial material with valuable die proofs and several very interesting Postal History Collections, strong Soviet Union representing perforated and imperforate varieties from 1930's to 1990's, nice Semi-Postal, Air Post and Back of the Book items, as well as interesting Local Issues of the Civil War Period;
• Classic Ukraine representing range of rare Trident Overprints of many postal districts; notable items from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka, and other renowned Collections; ;
• Countries of the World presented with valuable items from Afghanistan, Argentina, Belgian Colonies, Iran, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and many more;

Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History

• United States Lots (1-20) Zeppelin Flights, Rocket Flights, Balance of US Rocket Flights, First Official Missile Mail.
  
• Alexandretta Lot 21
  
• Algeria Lot 22
  
• Australia Lots (23-24) Rocket Flights.
  
• Austria Lots (25-29) Zeppelin Flights, Rocket Flights.
  
• Belgium and Belgian Congo Lots (30-37) Zeppelin Flight, Rocket Flights.
  
• Brazil Lots (38-40) Centenary of Postage stamps.
  
• Brazil Lots (41-42) Centenary of Postage stamps.
  
• Cambodia Lots (43-44)
  
• Canada Lots (45-52) Air Post Singles and Multiples Group, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Canada - Newfoundland Lots (53-58) Two-Page Collection.
  
• China Lot 59
  
• Colombia Lot 60
  
• Colombia Lot 61
  
• Cuba Lots (62-65) Rocket Flights.
  
• Czechoslovakia Lots (66-79) First Air Post issue, Second Air Post issue, Third Air Post issue, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Danzig Lot 80 Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Danzig Lot 81 Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Denmark Lot 82 Collection.
  
• Ecuador Lots (83-84)
  
• Fezzan (French Occupation) Lots (85-88)
  
• Fezzan - Ghadames Lots (89-90)
  
• France Lots (91-100) Rocket Flights.
  
• Germany Lots (101-111) Zeppelin Flights, First Catapult Flight, Rocket Flights.
  
• Great Britain Lots (112-115) Rocket Flights.
  
• Greece Lots (116-120)
  
• Greece Lot 121 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Hungary Lots (122-124)
  
• Iran Lots (125-127)
  
• Iraq Lot 128
  
• Italy Lots (129-133) Rocket Flights.
  
• Italy - Occupation of Montenegro Lots (134-136)
  
• Japan Lots (137-138) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Lebanon Lot 139
  
• Liberia Lot 140
  
• Libya Lot 141
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (142-146) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Monaco Lot 147 Collection of Imperforates.
  
• Morocco Lots (148-149)
  
• Netherlands Lots (150-158) Rocket Flights, Balance of the Rocket Flights.
  
• New Caledonia Lot 159
  
• Norway Lot 160
  
• Portuguese East Africa Lot 161
  
• Soviet Russia Lots (162-176) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• San Marino Lots (177-178)
  
• Spain Lots (179-180)
  
• Spain Lot 181
  
• Switzerland Lots (182-187) Pioneer Flights, Zeppelin Flights, Rocket Flights.
  
• Syria Lots (188-191) Group of Proofs and Imperforates.
  
• Syria - United Arab Republic Lot 192
  
• Thailand Lot 193
  
• Tripolitania Lot 194
  
• Tunisia Lots (195-196) Pioneer Flight, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Vatican City Lots (197-200) Zeppelin Flight.
  
  United States
  
• Classic Stamps, Proofs and Multiples Lots (201-212)
  
• Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (213-220)
  
• Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (221-240)
  
• Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (241-260)
  
• Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (261-280)
  
• Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (281-292)
  
• Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes Lots (293-300)
  
• Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes Lots (301-305)
  
• Official Mail Lot 306
  
• War Saving stamps Lot 307
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (308-311)
  
• United Nations Lots (312-314)
  
  Great Britain
  
• Great Britain Lots (315-320)
  
• Great Britain Lot 321
  
• Official stamps Lot 322
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Aden Protectorate States Lots (323-326) Kathiri State of Seiyun, Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut, South Arabia.
  
• Basutoland Lot 327
  
• Bechuanaland Protectorate Lot 328
  
• British Antarctic Territory Lots (329-330)
  
• British Guiana Lot 331
  
• Brunei Lot 332
  
  British North America
  
• New Brunswick Lots (333-340)
  
• New Brunswick Lot 341
  
• Nova Scotia Lots (342-343)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (344-360) Stationery Postcard.
  
• Newfoundland Lots (361-380)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (381-385) Officially Sealed stamps, Valuable Collection on Pages.
  
  Canada
  
• Pence issue Lot 386
  
• First Cents issue Lots (387-388)
  
• Large Queen issue Lot 389
  
• Small Queen issue Lots (390-392)
  
• Small Queen issue - Ottawa Printings Lots (393-400)
  
• Small Queen issue - Ottawa Printings Lots (401-402)
  
• Diamond Jubilee issue Lot 403
  
• Queen Victoria ''Maple Leaf'' issue Lots (404-407)
  
• Queen Victoria ''Numeral'' issue Lots (408-415)
  
• Imperial Penny Postage Lots (416-417)
  
• Provisional issues Lot 418
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' issue Lots (419-420)
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' issue Lots (421-426)
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' Provisionals Lots (427-429)
  
• 60th Anniversary of Confederation Lots (430-431)
  
• King George V ''Scroll'' issue Lots (432-437)
  
• King George V ''Arch/Leaf'' issue Lots (438-439)
  
• Imperial Economic Conference Lot 440
  
• Grain Exhibition Lot 441
  
• Loyalists Lot 442
  
• King George V Silver Jubilee issue Lots (443-446)
  
• King George V Pictorial issue Lots (447-451)
  
• King George VI issues Lots (452-460)
  
• King George VI issues Lots (461-466) Plate Blocks Selection.
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (467-480)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (481-500)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (501-512)
  
• Air Post stamps Lots (513-514)
  
• Special Delivery stamps Lots (515-520)
  
• Special Delivery stamps Lot 521 Selection of Multiples.
  
• Registration stamps Lots (522-529)
  
• Postage Due stamps Lots (530-533) Collection on Hingeless Pages.
  
• War Tax stamps Lots (534-540)
  
• Officially Sealed stamps Lots (541-543)
  
• Revenue stamps Lot 544 Tobacco Tax.
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Cook Islands Lots (545-547) Penrhyn Islands.
  
• Egypt (British Forces) Lot 548
  
• Falkland Islands Lots (549-550) Dependencies.
  
• Gambia Lot 551
  
• Gibraltar Lot 552
  
• Gilbert Islands Lots (553-554)
  
• Hong Kong Lots (555-560) Classic Group, Collection on VARIO Pages, British Offices in China.
  
• Iraq Lots (561-562) Official stamps.
  
• Ireland Lot 563
  
• Jamaica Lot 564
  
• Jordan - Palestine Lot 565
  
• Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika Lots (566-567) Ship Mail.
  
• Leeward Islands Lot 568
  
• Malaysia Lot 569 Postage Due stamps.
  
• Malayan States Lots (570-573) Pahang, Perak, Selangor, Small Unit.
  
• Morocco Agencies Lot 574
  
• New Zealand Lots (575-576)
  
• Niger Coast Protectorate Lot 577
  
• North Borneo Lots (578-579)
  
• Northern Nigeria Lot 580
  
• Northern Nigeria Lots (581-582)
  
• Nyasaland Protectorate Lot 583
  
• Oman Lot 584
  
• Papua New Guinea Lots (585-586)
  
• Rhodesia Lots (587-592)
  
• Saint Helena Lots (593-597)
  
• Saint Kitts - Nevis Lot 598
  
• West Africa Lot 599 Orange River Colony.
  
• South West Africa Lot 600 Collection on Pages.
  
• Sudan Lots (601-602) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Tanganyika Lot 603
  
• Stamp Booklets Lot 604
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Afghanistan Lot 605
  
• Albania Lot 606
  
• Alexandretta Lot 607 Complete Collection.
  
• Angola Lot 608
  
• Argentina Lot 609 Errors and Proofs of Birds issues.
  
• Armenia Lots (610-615)
  
• Austria Lots (616-620) Pre-World War II Postal History Collection.
  
• Austria Lots (621-629) Post World War II Postal History, Military Postal History.
  
• Azerbaijan Lots (630-631)
  
• Belgian Congo Lots (632-633)
  
• Belgian Congo -Burundi Lot 634
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Lots (635-637) Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Bulgaria Lots (638-640) Collection in Three Scott Albums.
  
• Cambodia Lots (641-642) Semi - Postal issues, Starting Collection.
  
• China Lots (643-647)
  
• People's Republic of China Lots (648-652)
  
• Cuba Lots (653-654) Stamp Booklet.
  
  Collection of Czechoslovakia Part II
  
• President Masaryk New Design issue Lot 655
  
• 10th Anniversary of Independence Lot 656
  
• Coat of Arms issues Lot 657
  
• Issues of 1929 Lot 658
  
• Participation in NY World Fairs Lot 659
  
• 20th Anniversary of Independence Lot 660
  
• Semi - Postal issues Lots (661-680) Overprints on Austrian Definive stamps, Overprints on Austrian Newspaper and Special Handling stamps, Overprints on Austrian Air Post stamps, Overprints on Austrian Postage Due stamps, Overprints on Hungarian Definitive stamps, Unissued value, Overprints on Hungarian Postage Due stamps.
  
• Semi - Postal issues Lots (681-685) Overprints on Hungarian Postage Due stamps, Sokol issue, Child Welfare issues, Post-World War II Charity issues.
  
• Air Post issues Lot 686
  
• Special Delivery Lot 687
  
• Postage Due Stamps Lots (688-690)
  
• Newspaper stamps Lots (691-692)
  
• Bohemia and Moravia Lot 693
  
• Postal History Collections Lots (694-699)
  
• Field Post in GB and Commonwealth Lot 700
  
• Field Post in GB and Commonwealth Lot 701
  
• Estonia Lot 702 Postal History Group.
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• France Lots (703-706)
  
• French Colonies - Alexandretta Lot 707 Air Post stamps.
  
• French Colonies - Saint Pierre and Miquelon Lots (708-709) Postage Due stamps.
  
• French Colonies Lot 710
  
• German States - Bavaria Lot 711
  
• Germany Lots (712-713) Propaganda Postcards.
  
• Germany - Offices in Morocco Lot 714 Complete Collection.
  
• German East Africa Lot 715 Complete Collection.
  
• German Occupation of the WWI Lot 716 Dorpat.
  
• German Occupation during the World War II Lots (717-720) France (Dunkirk), Kotor.
  
• Greece Lots (721-722) Air Post stamps.
  
• Greece - North Epirus Lot 723
  
• Guatemala Lots (724-726) Quetzal issues.
  
• Hungary Lots (727-731) Semi - Postal issues, Postage Due stamps, Official stamps.
  
• Iceland Lot 732 Parliament Millenary.
  
• Indonesia Lot 733
  
• Indonesia - Riau Archipelago Lot 734
  
• Iran Lots (735-737)
  
• Israel Lots (738-739) Interim Period, Proofs of Revenue stamps.
  
• Italy Lot 740
  
• Italy - Trieste (Zone A) Lots (741-745) Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Italy - Aegean Islands Lot 746
  
• Italian Colonies - General issues Lots (747-749)
  
• Italian Colonies - Cyrenaica Lot 750
  
• Italian Colonies -East Africa Lot 751
  
• Italian Colonies - Eritrea Lots (752-754) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies - Libya Lots (755-760)
  
• Italian Colonies - Libya Lots (761-768)
  
• Italian Colonies - Somalia Lots (769-770)
  
• Italian Colonies - Somalia A.F.I.S. Lot 771 Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies Common Design Types Lot 772
  
• Judaica Lots (773-778) Artworks, History of Christianity.
  
• Japan Lot 779
  
• Karelia Lot 780
  
• Republic of Korea Lots (781-783)
  
• North Korea Lots (784-797)
  
• Laos Lots (798-799)
  
• Latvia Lot 800
  
• Latvia Lot 801
  
• Latvia - German Occupation Lot 802
  
• Lebanon Lots (803-805)
  
• Liberia Lots (806-810)
  
• Libya Lots (811-815) Stamps for use in Fezzan, Postage Due stamps for use in Cyrenaica.
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (816-820)
  
• Lithuania Lots (821-824) Angel Design.
  
• Monaco Lots (825-830)
  
• Mongolia Lots (831-836) Chinese stamps used in Mongolia.
  
• Nepal Lot 837
  
• Poland Lot 838 Russian stamps used in Poland.
  
• Poland - Offices in Levant Lot 839
  
• Poland in the World War II Lot 840
  
• Romania Lots (841-844)
  
• Imperial Russia - Stationery Items Lot 845
  
• Imperial Russia Stamps and Postal History Lots (846-860)
  
• Imperial Russia Stamps and Postal History Lots (861-880) Military Mailings - Army Summer Camp, Military Mailings - Field Post on Manoeuvres.
  
• Imperial Russia Stamps and Postal History Lots (881-889) Military Mailings - Russo-Japanese War, Ship Mail, Ship Mail - Soviet Period Steamship.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (890-894) Collections and large Lots.
  
• RSFSR Issues 1918-23 Lots (895-900) Postal Fiscal stamps.
  
• RSFSR Issues 1918-23 Lot 901
  
• Soviet Union Lots (902-920)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (921-940)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (941-960)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (961-980) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (981-984) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Modern issues of Russian Federation Lots (985-995) Presentation Booklets, Postal History Collection.
  
• Russian Semi-Postal Issues Lots (996-1000)
  
• Russian Semi-Postal Issues Lot 1001
  
• Russian Air Post Stamps and Covers Lots (1002-1005)
  
• Russian Non-Postal stamps Lots (1006-1009) Official papers (Gerbovaya Bumaga), Russian Securities.
  
• Russian Offices in China Lot 1010
  
• Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire Lots (1011-1013)
  
• Russia Used in Asia Lots (1014-1015) Bukhara Khanate (Chardzhou), Transcaspian (Zacaspian) Oblast.
  
• Russian Locals of the Civil War period Lots (1016-1020) Siberia, Siberia - Priamur Government, South Russia - Yekaterinodar issue.
  
• Russian Locals of the Civil War period Lots (1021-1027) South Russia - Yekaterinodar issue, South Russia - Crimea issue, Yakutsk.
  
• Zemstvo (Rural Post) Lots (1028-1029) Novgorod, Zolotonosha.
  
• Saar Lots (1030-1031)
  
• Saudi Arabia - Hejaz issues Lots (1032-1036) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Spain Lots (1037-1038)
  
• Sweden Lot 1039
  
• Switzerland Lot 1040 Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Switzerland Lot 1041 Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Syria Lots (1042-1052) Group of Proofs and Imperforates, Balance of a Consignment, Postal Tax stamps, Fiscal stamps, United Arab Republic.
  
• Tannu Tuva Lots (1053-1055)
  
• Transcaucasian Federated Republics Lots (1056-1057) Collection and Accumulation.
  
• Turkey Lots (1058-1060)
  
• Turkey Lots (1061-1064) Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Ukraine Lot 1065 General issues.
  
• Ukraine - Trident Overprints Lots (1066-1080) Kyiv.
  
• Ukraine - Trident Overprints Lots (1081-1100) Kyiv, Kharkiv, Katerynoslav, Poltava, Odessa.
  
• Ukraine - Trident Overprints Lots (1101-1120) Podilia.
  
• Ukraine - Trident Overprints Lots (1121-1131) Podilia.
  
• Ukraine - Local Trident Overprints Lots (1132-1135) Chernihiv Type 2, Gomel, Kyiv (type H), Nova Pryluka.
  
• Ukraine Lots (1136-1137) Vienna issue, Collection.
  
• Uruguay Lot 1138
  
• Vatican City Lots (1139-1140)
  
• Vatican City Lots (1141-1142) Semi - Postal issues, Collection in Two Albums.
  
• South Vietnam Lot 1143 Imperforates and Proofs Selection.
  
• North Vietnam Lots (1144-1148) Collection of Imperforate issues in a stockbook, Topical Issues Wholesale Unit.
  
• Yugoslavia - Issues for Bosnia Lots (1149-1150) Special Delivery stamps, Postage Due stamps.
  
• Yugoslavia Lots (1151-1152)
  
• Yugoslavia - Trieste (Zone B) Lots (1153-1154) Postal Tax stamps.
  
  Worldwide Collections
  
• Large Middle East Collection Lot 1155
  
• Various Chess Competitions Lot 1156
  
• François Fournier Album Lot 1157